2023 Silk Road

1

Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with $AD\parallel BC$. A point $M $ is chosen inside the trapezoid, and a point $N$ is chosen inside the triangle $BMC$ such that $AM\parallel CN$, $BM\parallel DN$. Prove that triangles $ABN$ and $CDM$ have equal areas.

2

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Each cell of a $2n\times 2n$ square is painted in one of the $4n^2$ colors (with some colors may be missing). We will call any two-cell rectangle a domino, and a domino is called colorful if its cells have different colors. Let $k$ be the total number of colorful dominoes in our square; $l$ be the maximum integer such that every partition of the square into dominoes contains at least $l$ colorful dominoes. Determine the maximum possible value of $4l-k$ over all possible colourings of the square.

3

Let $p$ be a prime number. We construct a directed graph of $p$ vertices, labeled with integers from $0$ to $p-1$. There is an edge from vertex $x$ to vertex $y$ if and only if $x^2+1\equiv y \pmod{p}$. Let $f(p)$ denotes the length of the longest directed cycle in this graph. Prove that $f(p)$ can attain arbitrarily large values.

4

Let $\mathcal{M}=\mathbb{Q}[x,y,z]$ be the set of three-variable polynomials with rational coefficients. Prove that for any non-zero polynomial $P\in \mathcal{M}$ there exists non-zero polynomials $Q,R\in \mathcal{M}$ such that \[ R(x^2y,y^2z,z^2x) = P(x,y,z)Q(x,y,z). \]